But Time is relative, and this is a property of nature, a scientifically provable fact (thank you Albert E. for letting us know that some mystics had it right all along: that Time is fluid and multiple, and that absolute time is an illusion of the Newtonian physical world humans inhabit, but not the law of the universe.) And relativity has metaphoric-ideological repercussions for intelligent artists and inventors.
Even the groove (grid) music I love is most exciting when something exceeds the grid or form. Think of Miles or Prince or Stevie Wonder. Magic is off-grid. Step off the grid if you can, or be a clone, a widget, a willing servant, or slave to GarageBand. Dudes, My mom bought me a computer. Now I'm an artist!
Fascism is the father of on-grid compliance... the realm of the thoughtless or mindless recreation of structures that are no longer vital because they have hardened into reified and commodified objects in the technological-industrial world. These forms, once liberating, are now straight jackets for original thought imposed from above by the now elders who once dreamed of freedom, and can now only advertise freedom as a modus operandi, a formula, for all to follow in order to maintain their elder authority or power in the world of status and money. What is sad is that young artists are drawn into this conservative sphere of time in order to further their own conservative careers and ideas. I read a blog recently where an up and coming young composer wrote, "originality is overrated." Hmmmmm. Methinks he doth protest too much.
Artists, think of shapes other than forward-pointed lines. Also, forget about unilinear progress, even while nurturing experience. Do not be a slave to the ruling industrial assembly-line experience of time; use it creatively; ride it like waves in a larger ocean. Set up your temporal form; then exceed it.
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